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Originally Posted by Regina
Amazon will not sell a reading only large kindle. Amazon is intelligent. When that reading kindle is sold, sales of scribe will plummet. they know that. reading is strong point of amazon. writing is not. both have to be packaged to help amazon.
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The competing devices in this 10"+ class (e.g. BOOX, Kobo, PocketBook) all support styluses and include them with the device. The market for those that do not isn't there, or someone would be selling such a device. And this is already a niche market. Overwhelmingly, people just get an iPad or Android tablet because they are cheaper, more versatile and there are apps for everything.
11" display is not ideal form factor for reading, any more than it is for physical books of that size. It's comfortable as a notebook replacement and for fixed layout content.
The components needed to digitize stylus action are minimal compared to the display panel itself, and probably the stylus itself is where they (and competitors) are building in most of the profit margin for the Scribe. Without that margin, a 'reading only' device would not be that much cheaper.